Arvixe.com Review

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Arvixe is a webhosting provider that takes the concerns and demands of website builders to heart. It keeps website building and designing as a priority, as it offers tools like RVSiteBuilder and Softaculous script installer to make their jobs as easy as can be. For the most experienced developers, there is an HTML editor that opens all the inner workings for tinkering, so they could build a site to your hearts' content.

And then there are no limits – developers and designers can create sites that are as big or bandwidth-intensive as they wish, because Arvixe offers unlimited disk space and data transfer. For its lifelong clients, the company throws in a free domain name!

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Company Information

Founded: 2001

Headquarters: San Luis Obispo, CA

Pricing

For PersonalClass plans, Arvixe charges incredibly low rates on a monthly basis for all of its basic Linux hosting plans.

Arvixe also has BusinessClass options, which expand your services so that your business has the extended support it needs.

Arvixe's Home Page, Highlighting a Special Promotion

For even more dedicated server space, webmasters can choose to go with VPSClass or DedicatedClass, which offer progressively more reliability. VPSClass allows for the same space always dedicated to a website and starts at $20/month. DedicatedClass, as its name implies, offers an entire server to run a site on for as little as $429/month.

Arvixe also offers ResellerClass packages to help clients get their own hosting company started ASAP. This program starts as low as $20/month per client, allowing clients to potentially recoup the cost of services by charging webmaster fees.

Apart from these packages, Arvixe also offers Windows hosting options, in case webmasters prefer working with an ASP.NET interface. In general, these features will add a dollar or more to the monthly cost of each package, depending on what type of hosting is sought.

There are also a few add on services, which can definitely be helpful depending on the type of websites are being run. The most helpful of these is an SSL certificate, which can make financial transactions on a website more secure – for just $25/year.

Features

Arvixe doesn’t cut back on the features it has to offer webmasters and developers despite its economy pricing. On the contrary, it offers hosting of multiple domains with even the most basic package as well as offering unlimited storage and data transfer. Webmasters interested in BusinessClass, ResellerClass, VPSClass or DedicatedClass, should visit Arvixe today and see even more features available on these expanded offerings.

Ease of Use (Web Builder)

Webmasters and developers can see how easy it is to create and run a website by launching RVSiteBuilder – one of the best and most easy-to-use tools on the market today – which can be launched from the Arvixe cPanel, also one of the most popular and easy-to-use control panels on offer.

A few clicks and cPanel runs RVSiteBuilder which installs the new website.

Your Arvixe cPanel

Building the site itself is just a matter of clicking and fiddling with the editing tools. With a few moments' orientation, even novice webmasters and developers should be able to create a fabulous website that looks good and actually functions and performs like it is supposed to.

The RVSiteBuilder Gives You Several Template Options

RVSiteBuilder has a delightful cornucopia of templates for any and every kind of website. Webmasters will find it an absolute joy – and pretty much hard to choose just one out of the myriads of choices on offer, so good luck!

The Basic Website Designed with the RVSiteBuilder

Once the structure and layout has been completed, it is time to move on to the content. And Arvixe doesn't disappoint: it comes ready to run the Softaculous script installer. This application allows webmasters to install the Content Management Software (CMS) of their choice: Joomla or Drupal.

Other features that make for a perfect website can also be added. There is WordPress for a new blog, OpenCart to handle shopping and checking out and for forums where visitors can hang out, there is phpBB.

In short, Arvixe has it all.

Newcomers Should Consider Using Softaculous for Plug-in Installation

Customer Support

Offering chat, email and telephone support, Arvixe has definitely taken pains to make sure that its customers can contact support any way they may prefer to do so. Additionally, the response times for all these services are impressively faster than that of many competing services. Starting with chat, when a test question was posted for the customer service to respond to, it was resolved within 5 minutes. Phone support, though slightly less expedient, was similarly impressive when compared to the service offered by other competitors. Arvixe's staff resolved a test issue in less than a half hour. Their email service was also very impressive: it took them just an hour to respond with a thoroughly helpful answer.

A Sample Chat Interaction with a Very Helpful Service Representative

The Good

Very powerful, economy hosting plans with several easy-to-use web building features

Comprehensive customer assistance features

The Bad

Gives you cPanel on a trial basis only

The Ugly

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